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Shinnecocks Want Grave Protection Plan In Place

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Shinnecock Tribal member Becky Genia makes an offering at the grave site in Water Mill on November 29 before the remains were removed and sent to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office. BEVERLY JENSEN

authorRohma Abbas on Dec 29, 2011
A long search by members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation to find burial grounds containing the remains of their ancestors—before developers armed with excavators do—has been largely fruitless, despite years... more

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